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Re: Bayless Wants Portland To Deal Him

Re: Bayless Wants Portland To Deal Him

We have nothing to offer.

Even if we did I'm not sure he is the answer to anything we need. Maybe as a back up to T.J. (let's face it he is not going to come here and start) and then is he really better than Watson at this point in time?

Re: Bayless Wants Portland To Deal Him

Re: Bayless Wants Portland To Deal Him

I would like it, but I don't think we'd have what Portland would be looking for. Unless after the Oden injury they'd want Foster or Murphy. However looking at their contracts, there's no way they could match salaries for Murphy. It would be difficult to even match Foster.

Re: Bayless Wants Portland To Deal Him

Even if we did I'm not sure he is the answer to anything we need. Maybe as a back up to T.J. (let's face it he is not going to come here and start) and then is he really better than Watson at this point in time?

Not even for Diener or Price, in my opinion.

Bayless is similar to our early decade players from what little I have seen, and not what we are trying to accomplish going forward unless we are totally abandoning everything Bird has been trying mightily to accomplish.

Re: Bayless Wants Portland To Deal Him

they want a big man in return (due to Oden's injury) and I'm sure they're looking for someone with a short-term contract. Our big

- Hibbert - no way we deal him
- Murphy - possible, but we would want some others in return
- Foster - I wouldnt mind, he is getting old (I know most will disagree)
- S Jones - I dont mind Jones leaving if we get Bayless in return
- McBOB - same reasoning as S Jones

"So, which one of you guys is going to come in second?" - Larry Bird before the 3 point contest. He won.

Re: Bayless Wants Portland To Deal Him

He's young (21) and a talented scorer. My problem is his attitude (he was visibly upset with us drafting him) and his point guard skills.

Between his lack of playing time, questionable attitude, and the fact that he's asked to be dealt, his trade value has to be low. If Portland had short-term contract filler(s), I'd happily give them either Murphy or Foster for him. Hibbert is clearly more valuable, and I'd rather hang on to Hansbrough.

Re: Bayless Wants Portland To Deal Him

FOREAL.. If we actually traded Roy for Bayless, .. I would officially abandon being a fan of this franchise...

Even if Roy turned out to be the second coming of Ilgauskas, and Bayless turned out to be the second coming of KJ? Not likely comparisons, but I'm saying, even if that appeared to be lopsided at the time, wouldn't you at least give it a chance to play out?

Re: Bayless Wants Portland To Deal Him

Even if Roy turned out to be the second coming of Ilgauskas, and Bayless turned out to be the second coming of KJ? Not likely comparisons, but I'm saying, even if that appeared to be lopsided at the time, wouldn't you at least give it a chance to play out?

NOPE..

I like Hibbert , and that's that ...

My stubborn mind is made up .. lol

Now if you said TJ for Bayless, cash considerations and a first round pick ..

that would be a different story ..

"They want to be famous. We want to be champions. They want to be rappers and backup dancers. We want to play football." - T.J. Ward, Denver Broncos

Re: Bayless Wants Portland To Deal Him

Bayless and 'Dre for Roy and Ford.

Really makes sense for both teams. We get a solid PG upgrade and a future scoring machine. We have room to draft one of the almighty bigs this year. They get an ideal backup or starter with potential in Roy and a scoring sixth man to pick up on Outlaw or Dre with Ford.

"I keep wondering the same thing. Last week they had the 4th worst record in the league, had an 11.9 percent chance of winning the lottery and were in line to land a franchise type player like Derrick Favors or DeMarcus Cousins. This week? They have a 1.7 percent chance of winning the lottery, have the 8th worst record and are in line to draft Cole Aldrich or Greg Monroe. Way to go Jim O'Brien. Rest Danny Granger the rest of the season (if it isn't too late) and give Josh McRoberts lots of minutes. That ought to do it." - Chad Ford on winning meaningless games

Way to go Jim, you may have just put our franchise back another 4+ years.

Re: Bayless Wants Portland To Deal Him

Really makes sense for both teams. We get a solid PG upgrade and a future scoring machine. We have room to draft one of the almighty bigs this year. They get an ideal backup or starter with potential in Roy and a scoring sixth man to pick up on Outlaw or Dre with Ford.

replace Roy in that trade scenerio with Foster, Solomon, or Murphy (preferably) , and ya , I could definitely go for that ..

"They want to be famous. We want to be champions. They want to be rappers and backup dancers. We want to play football." - T.J. Ward, Denver Broncos

Re: Bayless Wants Portland To Deal Him

With all due respect you have no idea what you're talking about. Both of my roommates grew up with Bayless in Scottsdale, Arizona and he has always been a stand up citizen in his community and a really nice guy at the local gym. He held doors opens, talked to every little kid who wanted to talk to him and played team ball in pickup games. He plays hard and gets the game. He's simply frustrated that he's a talented guard on a guard-heavy team.

Please stop with all the character judging on this forum. It really gets old.